Name: Cardamom Sugar Buns
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50 g yeast; 2 cups plant-based milk; 6 cups all purpose flour; 0.5 cups sugar; 4 tsp cardamom, ground; 0.5 tsp salt; 150 g plant-based butter; 200 g plant-based butter; 400 g almond paste; 3 tsp cardamom, ground; 4 tbsp plant-based milk; 2 tbsp cardamom, ground; 0.75 cups sugar; 200 g plant-based butter

Sun Mar 31 2024

Cardamom Sugar Buns

Make bakery worthy cardamom buns at home with this perfect recipe. The buns are soft and fluffy with a rich flavour of almond and cardamom.

Note:

Recipe makes about 40 buns.

SERVINGS:

COOKING TIME:>60 MINUTES

Ingredients

Dough

50 g yeast
2 cups plant-based milk
6 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cups sugar
4 tsp cardamom, ground
1/2 tsp salt
150 g plant-based butter

Filling

200 g plant-based butter
400 g almond paste
3 tsp cardamom, ground

Other

4 tbsp plant-based milk
2 tbsp cardamom, ground
3/4 cups sugar
200 g plant-based butter

Instructions

Start by mixing all the ingredients for the filling (butter, almond paste and cardamom) into a smooth and spreadable batter, make sure there are no lumps left. Set a side.
Make the dough, by crumbling the yeast in a kitchen assistant bowl and adding the milk on top. Mix until the yeast is completely dissolved.
Add the flour, sugar, cardamom and salt in the following order (make sure never to pour the salt directly onto the yeast). Knead the dough (using a kitchen assistant) for 5 minutes.
With the kitchen assistant running, add in the plant butter, a little at a time, then continue kneading for another 8 minutes. You know the dough is ready when you can gently stretch the dough and get a so-called gluten window. Leave the dough to rest, covered, at room temperature for 10 minutes.
When the dough has rested. Roll out the dough into a large rectangle.
Spread the filling evenly over the entire rectangle before rolling up the rectangle from the long side. Cut the roll into pieces about 2 cm wide. Place the pieces with the cut surface facing up on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Leave to rise for 2-3 hours (depends on your room temperature). You know they are ready if the dough “bounces back”, if you were to gently press it with your finger. The rolls should also double in size.
Heat the oven to 200 degrees celsius.
When the dough has finished rising, lightly brush each bun with plant milk before baking the buns in the middle of the oven for about 12 minutes or until golden brown.
When the buns have slightly cooled, mix together cardamom and sugar in a medium bowl. Set a side.
In a small saucepan pan, melt plant butter on medium-low heat. Once melted, brush the top of the baked buns with the butter before dipping in the cardamom sugar.